The Festival of the Bonfires Committee provides the $2,000,000 Liability coverage required by the Pontchartrain Levee Board for the bonfire tradition to continue. In order to build a bonfire on the levee in St. James Parish, you must have a permit. The cost per permit is $30.00. Permits will be available at the St. James Welcome Center in Gramercy.

Bonfire Permits Meetings Dates are as Followed:

Monday, November 14 2016 6 pm

Thursday, November 17 2016 at 6 pm

Saturday, November 19 at 9am

at the Lutcher Fire Station.

(ALL BONFIRE PERMITS ARE ISSUED BY THE FESTIVAL OF THE BONFIRES, INC.)